“And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.”

― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

“I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.”

― Audrey Hepburn

“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.”

― John Keats, Endymion: A Poetic Romance

“I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem.”

― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated

“I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.”

― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.”

― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“I am very happy

Because I have conquered myself

And not the world.

I am very happy

Because I have loved the world

And not myself.”

― Sri Chinmoy

“What can I do with my happiness? How can I keep it, conceal it, bury it where I may never lose it? I want to kneel as it falls over me like rain, gather it up with lace and silk, and press it over myself again.”

― Anaïs Nin, Henry & June

“I've always thought people would find a lot more pleasure in their routines if they burst into song at significant moments.”

― John Barrowman

“I'm a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.”

“If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.”

“The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.”

“Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.”

“Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure”

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

“Most of us must learn to love people and use things rather than loving things and using people.”

“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”

“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ”

― William James

“I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.”

― J. Richard Lessor

“This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.”

― Susan Polis Schutz

“Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.”

― Sarah Addison Allen, The Peach Keeper

“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.”

― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

“No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.”

― Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

― Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness

“Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.”